Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatry of Advanced Age

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Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatry of Advanced Age

The University Service of Psychiatry of Advanced Age (SUPAA) is looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist (ICLS) at a 90% activity rate to strengthen its teams. The starting date is scheduled for 1 September 2026 or as agreed.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital Centre (CHUV) is one of the 5 Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

SUPAA is a specialised service with the mission to guarantee care, teaching, and research in the field of psychiatry for the elderly. Over its six decades of existence, SUPAA has diversified its structures and intervention methods to constantly improve its clinical services and maintain optimal continuity of care, teaching, and research.

It has thus developed outpatient structures (general consultations in psychiatry of advanced age, participation in memory consultations, trans-age interventional psychiatry), liaison psychiatry consultations for advanced age at CHUV, in regional hospitals of northern and western Vaud and in nursing homes, as well as mobile teams.

Mission

• You commit to knowledge transfer by actively participating in integrating research into care settings
• You develop a counselling, guidance, and training offer for both patients and care team members
• You actively participate in the development of ethical reflection around patient care
• You develop expert practice with patients and their relatives
• You identify and participate in analysing complex clinical situations of patients
• You ensure the effectiveness of therapeutic projects by integrating the requirements of interdisciplinary work into daily practice
• You participate in service projects and development
• You contribute to the development of research and the enhancement of nursing care.

Profile

• You hold a HES nursing diploma or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Red Cross for foreign-qualified personnel (mandatory)
• You already hold a Master of Science in Nursing or are interested in following the ICLS Master training (mandatory)
• You have confirmed experience in a psychiatric care service
• You have good coaching and leadership skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with managers
• You have the willingness and aptitude to engage in interdisciplinary project implementation
• You have the ability to work autonomously in interface with other professionals
• You have a sense of responsibility, communication, initiative, organisation, and good adaptability skills
• You master French (oral/written level C1) and have the ability to read and understand scientific English
• You have advanced knowledge of office IT tools (Windows environment).

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital Centre means benefiting from:

• First-class social benefits, 20 days paternity leave and 4 months maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th month salary and 25 days of holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles and discounts on the purchase of electric bicycles)
• Quality hotel-style staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mrs Patricia Xavier Batista, Head Nurse and Deputy Director of Care of the Psychiatry Department - SUPAA, at 079 556 50 69.

As all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the advertisement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70.

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, you will be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas and an identity document.

CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we are attentive to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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